ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 30149
Last updated: 14 December 2020
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| Date: | 18-NOV-1970 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna 310C |
| Owner/operator: | Rice-Smythe Investments Ltd |
| Registration: | G-APUF |
| C/n / msn: | 35960 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | East of Porague -
 Portugal
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | |
Built at Witchita, Kansas and first registered in the USA as N1860H. Sold to the UK, and first civil registered as G-APUF on 9.6.59 to Airwork Services Ltd., Blackbushe, Hampshire. Sold 23.2.60 and re-registered to Sir Kenneth Macalpine, Lamberhurst, Kent 2.3.60 (but based at Luton). Re-registered to Sir Robert Macalpine & Sons Ltd, Aviation Division, Luton 10.7.63. Sold 17.3.67 and Re-registered 3.4.67 to Rice-Smythe Investments Ltd., Lowestoft, Suffolk (Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire from 20.9.68).
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 18.11.70 when crashed into Mountains east of Porague, Portugal. Registration G-APUF cancelled 23.11.70 as aircraft "PWFU" ("Permanently Withdrawn From Use")
Sources:
1. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-APUF-2.pdf
2. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-APUF-1.pdf
3. https://www.flickr.com/photos/egbj/8214312837/
4. http://farnborough.proboards.com/thread/5968/blackbushe-pics-past?page=40
5. http://www.airphotographicinternational.com/products/g-apuf-cessna-310eluton-1964
6. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1074649/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-May-2014 23:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 16-Dec-2014 01:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
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